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Britain’s HGV crisis should look at rail solutions to get trucks of the roads
Britain’s HGV crisis should look at rail solutions to get trucks of the roads The ongoing crisis and shortage of drivers for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) has impacted our supermarket aisles, restaurants and retail stores, to name but a few. With the huge impact on the UK logistics sector, itโs...
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Inti Punku consortium wins terminal contract at Jorge Chรกvez International Airport
Inti Punku consortium wins terminal contract at Jorge Chรกvez International Airport The operating company for the Jorge Chรกvez International Airport, Lima Airport Partners (LAP) has awarded the Inti Punku Consortium the works for the design and construction of the new passenger terminal that will com...
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Digital LTL Council launches Industry Standards for New Electronic Bill of Lading
Digital LTL Council launches Industry Standards for New Electronic Bill of Lading The Digital LTL Council today announced the availability of standardized electronic bill of lading (eBOL) attributes available via an API. Replacing paper bills of lading with a digital alternative increases visibility...
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Service and quality puts Hitachi Wheel Loaders in first place for Recycling company
Service and quality puts Hitachi Wheel Loaders in first place for Recycling company The machines were delivered by Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) (HCMUK) to the Groupโs subsidiary โ JM Recycling. The line-up comprises four ZW250-6s, four ZW180-6s, and two high-lift ZW180-6s. The waste and recyc...
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Mammoet SPMT cantilever solution enables swift rail bridge girder setting
Mammoet SPMT cantilever solution enables swift rail bridge girder setting Mammoet was contracted to assist in two phases of work to set twelve steel rail bridge girders. The girders were located directly under Interstate 70 in Colorado, which prevented any cranes from performing the work. Each girde...
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International Lithium Association to be the voice of the global lithium industry
International Lithium Association to be the voice of the global lithium industry The world has entered the โlithium centuryโ almost without noticing it, but until now this critical industry lacked a central voice. Rechargeable lithium batteries are everywhere, providing safe, reliable power wherever...
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NBS Summit sees Construction Leaders plan for a Sustainable Future
NBS Summit sees Construction Leaders plan for a Sustainable Future Senior leadership and professionals across the UK construction sector took part in a virtual event with a major focus on climate change. The NBS โThe Construction Leadersโ Summit: Building Betterโ, brought together leading voices in...
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Port of Southampton puts fleet ofย JCB Teletruks to workย
Port of Southampton puts fleet ofย JCB Teletruks to work A leading port operator is using a fleet of JCB Teletruks to handle millions of items of luggageย as the cruise industry launches its post pandemic recovery. At its Port of Southampton base, Solent Stevedores run a fleet of 16 JCB Teletruk model...
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Highways.Today wins two International Media Awards
Highways.Today wins two International Media Awards This week Highways.Today is excited to have won not one, but two media awards! Highways.Today was launched in 2017 by Anthony Davis who commented: โWinning one international media award was great, but winning two in one week is absolutely fabulous!...
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Doka brings its InnovationTowers to the Expo in Dubai
Doka brings its InnovationTowers to the Expo in Dubai After a one-year postponement, the Expo 2020 will open its doors in Dubai for six months starting on 1 October 2021. Doka will be there, presenting itself with digital solutions and an exhibit to a public of millions in the Austrian Pavilion. Wit...
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LCRIG achieves ISO 44001 certification for sustainable businesses
LCRIG achieves ISO 44001 certification for sustainable businesses ISO 44001 represents a new generation of international standard with a focus on behaviours, organisational culture and management processes providing a common platform to underpin sustainable business relationships and harness the ben...
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UCI and Irvine Smart Cities deploys Velodyne Lidar infrastructure solution
UCI and Irvine Smart Cities deploys Velodyne Lidar infrastructure solution Velodyne Lidar today announced its Intelligent Infrastructure Solution has been selected by the HORIBA Institute for Mobility and Connectivity2 (HIMaC2) in the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Samueli School of Engineer...
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Abu Dhabi launches $3m ASPIRE MBZIRC maritime robotics challenge
Abu Dhabi launches $3m ASPIRE MBZIRC maritime robotics challenge The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) will be held in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, in June 2023, where tech innovators will participate to seek marine safety and security solutions to take home more than US$3 m...
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CG Railway completes maiden voyage of new Rail Ferry
CG Railway completes maiden voyage of new Rail Ferry CG Railway, LLC (CGR), a joint venture between Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and SEACOR Holdings Inc., today announced that its new, state-of-the-art rail ferry, the Cherokee, completed its maiden roundtrip voyage with record results for transportati...
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Autodesk goes hands free with RealWear assisted reality Construction Management
Autodesk goes hands free with RealWear assisted reality Construction Management RealWear, the worldโs leading provider of assisted reality solutions for frontline industrial workers, today announced that Autodesk and RealWear have successfully collaborated to integrate Autodesk Construction Cloudยฎ w...
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Work Wallet wins International recognition for their construction software
Work Wallet wins International recognition for their construction software Derby-based digital innovator Work Wallet has won a prestigious global industry award for its market-leading health and safety management software. Itโs modular, mobile-first platform was named Best Construction Health and Sa...
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Thermal Imaging for large animal detection reduces Wildlife Collisions
Thermal Imaging for large animal detection reduces Wildlife Collisions According to the 2020 State Farm annual study, nearly two million collisions between vehicles and large animals occur every year in the United States alone, representing approximately five percent of all reported motor vehicle co...
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Sweden and Germany lead the way in development of electric roads
Sweden and Germany lead the way in development of electric roads Germany and Sweden have made themselves world leaders when it comes to real-world studies on electric roads. On Gotland, the world’s first wireless e-road has been finished. Electric roads are one of the studied technologies in t...
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Point of Rental Elite software expands web-based interface
Point of Rental Elite software expands web-based interface Point of Rentalโs multilingual and multi-currency Elite product continues to expand its Web-based interface to allow for writing contracts, building quotes, and managing contracts from a web browser. The biggest new feature, however, is Elit...
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BrightDrop completes its first Electric Light Commercial Vehicle
BrightDrop completes its first Electric Light Commercial Vehicle BrightDrop, the technology start-up decarbonizing last-mile deliveries, today announced the completion of the first production builds of the EV600, a key milestone to deliver its first electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) to FedEx...
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Caterpillars new Trial 11 brings Hot Wheels to life
Caterpillars new Trial 11 brings Hot Wheels to life Remember the hours spent as a kid playing with Hot Wheelsยฎ – all those adventures in the sandbox! Or maybe the time you spent creating the most challenging track setups you could imagine. Imagine how cool it would be bring that to real life!...
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New all-electric truck designed for the real world announced by Tevva
New all-electric truck designed for the real world announced by Tevva Electric truck pioneerย Tevvaย has today unveiled the new Tevva Truck โ a British designed 7.5-tonne electric truck intended for mass production. The global electric truck market was valued at $1.15 billion in 2020 and is expected t...
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CASE announces CTL TV620B largest and most powerful Compact Track Loader
CASE announces CTL TV620B largest and most powerful Compact Track Loader CASE Construction Equipmentย introduces the TV620B compact track loader (CTL), the largest and most powerful compact track loader ever built. The 114-horsepower, 6,200-pound rated operating capacity CTL delivers best-in-class br...
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New Pipeline Incident Recording System launched by Linewatch
New Pipeline Incident Recording System launched by Linewatch Linewatch, the leading pipeline safety and awareness group, has launched a brand-new Infringement Database service, designed to better protect the gas, oil and chemical pipelines of its 22 Members and those working near them. Developed in-...
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Manufacturing Operations Management and Digital Transformation
Manufacturing Operations Management and Digital Transformation The drive for transformation among industry players is at an all-time high. But at the same time, organizations want lower risk options to digitalize the shop floor. To reduce the number of isolated, inflexible solutions, manufacturers w...
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Nexxiot consolidates its leading position in Cargo TradeTech with MOST acquisition
Nexxiot consolidates its leading position in Cargo TradeTech with MOST acquisition Nexxiot, the emerging TradeTech juggernaut transforming the cargo freight industry around the world through data and logistics digitization advancements, has announced it will acquire a majority interest in the Swedis...
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JCB profitable in 2020 despite severe Covid impact on global manufacturing operations
JCB profitable in 2020 despite severe Covid impact on global manufacturing operations Staffordshire-based JCB remained profitable in 2020 despite the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on its global manufacturing operations, the company announced today. Last year sales turnover fell to ยฃ3.1 bill...
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The unspoken dangers of Railway Perimeter Safety
The unspoken dangers of Railway Perimeter Safety UK based security fencing specialist, Jacksons Fencing has revealed findings from a survey regarding UK railway perimeter safety. With government plans to increase the railway infrastructure in the UK, research was commissioned to find out if perimete...
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The Crosby Group launches Straightpoint ChainSafe for protecting cargo
The Crosby Group launches Straightpoint ChainSafe for protecting cargo The Crosby Group announces the launch of the Crosby Straightpoint ChainSafe โ for protection of cargo during transport. The ChainSafe, with a 4t capacity, is a smart dynamic solution for measuring the load on lashing, load secure...
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Balfour Beatty wins ยฃ52m National Grid contract to re-wire London
Balfour Beatty wins ยฃ52m National Grid contract to re-wire London Balfour Beatty has announced that it has been awarded a ยฃ52 million contract on behalf of National Grid to deliver essential cabling works as part of the London Power Tunnels 2 project. Having delivered the cabling works forย phase one...
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MOKE restarts production of their classic vehicle in the UK
MOKE restarts production of their classic vehicle in the UK MOKE International has announced that full production of MOKE vehicles has returned to the United Kingdom!ย All MOKEs will be built at a state-of-the-art facility operated by the British automotive manufacturing services company, Fablink Gro...
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ePropelled showcases new Electric Vehicle Motor Technology at CENEX-LCV
ePropelled showcases new Electric Vehicle Motor Technology at CENEX-LCV ePropelled, the technology company that offers leading-edge electric propulsion systems, announced the release of a ground-breaking new electric vehicle (EV) propulsion system at the Cenex-LCV in Millbrook. This new system incre...
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Road Marking and Coatings market forecast to 2025
Road Marking and Coatings market forecast to 2025 The increased spending on infrastructural development across numerous regions and the growing focus on boosting the transport infrastructure will prove to be a profitable growth generator for the road marking coatings market during the forecast perio...
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Edgar Hooley inventor of the modern road surface honoured with a blue plaque
Edgar Hooley inventor of the modern road surface honoured with a blue plaque An unsung hero credited with inventing the modern road surface has been celebrated with the unveiling of a commemorative blue plaque in Nottingham. Edgar Hooley, a Nottinghamshire County surveyor, perfected the method of ma...
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Point of Rental creates Cloud Engineering Team to focus on scalability
Point of Rental creates Cloud Engineering Team to focus on scalability Point of Rental is expanding its focus on providing scalable, secure, and reliable cloud hosting by creating a cloud engineering division, headed by new Chief Architect of Cloud Engineering Collin Pike. โBusiness takes place in t...
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The London EV Show goes live in December
The London EV Show goes live in December Valiant Business Media will host one of the worldโs most important EV events of 2021. The London EV Show will be conducted as a โHybrid Eventโ from 7-9 December 2021 at Olympia London, UK, amalgamating the features of both in-person and virtual events. The Lo...
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B2W Software’s new API streamlines Construction Equipment inspection and repairs
B2W Software’s new API streamlines Construction Equipment inspection and repairs B2W Software, a leading provider of heavy construction management software, has introduced new capabilities within its ONE Platform that enable contractors to identify equipment defects and make repairs faster and...
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ENVISION 21 bringing 3D Rendering and Architectural Visualization community together
ENVISION 21 bringing 3D Rendering and Architectural Visualization community together Enscape, a leading provider of real-time rendering, visualization, and virtual reality technology for the global architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, has announced the full speaker list and ag...
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Plantworx creating Futureworx technology and sustainability event
Plantworx creating Futureworx technology and sustainability event The CEA, hosts of the Plantworx construction exhibition, has joined forces with The Supply Chain Sustainability School to deliver a future technology event – Futureworx. The new event is taking place on the 30th and 31st of Marc...
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Procore launch AI innovation to connect construction and messaging
Procore launch AI innovation to connect construction and messaging Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today announced the next wave of enhancements for a smarter and more connected platform. โFor almost 20 years, Procore has been working to connect ev...
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RoboSense LiDAR Sensor 1st in China and 2nd Worldwide
RoboSense LiDAR Sensor 1st in China and 2nd Worldwide RoboSense LiDAR, the leading Smart LiDAR Sensor provider, boasts 10 percent of the market share worldwide, ranking first in China and second globally, according to the โLiDAR for Automotive and Industrial Applications Report 2021โ from Yole Dรฉvel...
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Logos Technologies unveils tethered MicroKestrel drone for wide-area surveillance
Logos Technologies unveils tethered MicroKestrel drone for wide-area surveillance Logos Technologies LLC, a leader in wide-area motion imagery (WAMI), announced today that it will be unveiling its new MicroKestrel sensor for small, tethered, multirotor-type unmanned aerial systems (UASs) at the upco...
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REE Automotive and Hino win European Product Design Award
REE Automotive and Hino win European Product Design Award REE Automotive LTD, a leader in e-mobility, today announced that REE, together with its partner Hino Motors, are the top winners in the European Product Design Award in the โDesign for Societyโ category. Amos Boaz, lead designer for REE, and...
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Royal Air Force launches trial of Self-Driving Technology with Academy of Robotics
Royal Air Force launches trial of Self-Driving Technology with Academy of Robotics Academy of Roboticsย and the Royal Air Force announced a new trial deployment of autonomous vehicles on an airbase as part of the RAFโs Astra campaign to deliver next generation Air Force capability. This trial is the...
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Cepton and Belam partner to increase safety at Railway Level Crossings
Cepton and Belam partner to increase safety at Railway Level Crossings Cepton, a Silicon Valley-based innovator ofย smart lidarย solutions has teamed up with Lithuania-based system integrator Belam to improve road user and rail passenger safety by deploying lidar-enabled obstacle detection at railway...
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2J Antennas launch smallest 5GNR, WiFi-6E and GNSS combination 9-in-1 antenna
2J Antennas launch smallest 5GNR, WiFi-6E and GNSS combination 9-in-1 antenna 2J Antennas, a global leader in high performance antenna solutions, introduces the new Stellar Series that is designed for a large suite of devices with a focus on sub 6 GHz, 5G NR, 4G LTE, 3G, 2G, WiFi-6E and GNSS technol...
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Retrofitting legacy CNC systems to safeguard against cyberattacks
Retrofitting legacy CNC systems to safeguard against cyberattacks FANUC America, a leading supplier of CNCs, robotics and ROBOMACHINES, introduces an upgrade solution for legacy CNC machines running on operating systems older than Windows 10. The Panelย iย Replacementย Program retrofitsย FANUC CNCsย with...
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Wirtgen sets World records with SP 1600 concrete slipform paver in India
Wirtgen sets World records with SP 1600 concrete slipform paver in India During the construction of a motorway, between the major Indian city of Vadodara and the global metropolis of Mumbai, the Wirtgen SP 1600 was able to demonstrate its impressive performance potential and set four world records....
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IQ publishes Good Practice Guide for Handling Soils in Mineral Workings
IQ publishes Good Practice Guide for Handling Soils in Mineral Workings An update to the MAFF guidance โGood Practice for Handling Soilsโ is now available following a detailed review led by The Institute of Quarrying (IQ), in consultation with Natural England and the Welsh Government, and with the s...
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Lochweidli Tunnel in Switzerland constructed withย rentable Tunnel system Doka
Lochweidli Tunnel in Switzerland constructed withย rentable Tunnel system Doka Construction is underway on a tunnel as part of a bypass to relieve traffic for communities in Toggenburg in Switzerland. For Dokaโs formwork experts the conditions of this particular project have been a baptism of fire fo...
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Case re-engineers their acclaimed SV Series Backhoe Loader
Case re-engineers their acclaimed SV Series Backhoe Loader CASE Construction Equipment today launched the new Backhoe Loader SV Series, over 60 years in the making and widely acclaimed legendary king of backhoe loaders. A pioneer market leader since 1957, the SV Series features a new expanded cab wi...
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Velodyne Lidar technology enabling TOPODRONE high-precision mapping
Velodyne Lidar technology enabling TOPODRONE high-precision mapping Velodyne Lidar, Inc., today announced a multi-year agreement to provide its lidar sensors to TOPODRONE, which is based in Switzerland and develops affordable, high-precision solutions for aerial surveys. Using Velodyne lidar sensors...
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Renesas R-Car SDK accelerates ADAS Deep Learning for Automated Driving
Renesas R-Car SDK accelerates ADAS Deep Learning for Automated Driving Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today unveiled the R-Car Software Development Kit (SDK), a complete software platform in a single package that enables quicker and easier so...
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Bosch Power Tools introduces 12V and 18V Cordless Orbit Sanders
Bosch Power Tools introduces 12V and 18V Cordless Orbit Sanders Bosch Power Tools, a global leader for power tools and power tool accessories, expands its comprehensive line of woodworking and wood cutting solutions with the introduction of its 12V and 18V cordless sanders, the GEX12V-5 Brushless 5...
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AECOM set to develop hydrogen-powered railway in Central Italy
AECOM set to develop hydrogen-powered railway in Central Italy AECOM, the worldโs trusted infrastructure consulting firm, today announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Spanish renewables group Iberdrola, and Italian partners Cinque International and Ancitel Energy and Enviro...
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Iteris wins Traffic Signal Timing Engineering contract in City of Suffolk, Virginia
Iteris wins Traffic Signal Timing Engineering contract in City of Suffolk, Virginia Iteris, a global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded an open-ended annual services on-call contract by the City of Suffolk, Virginiaโs Department of Public Wor...
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ElectReon wins UN Approval to integrate Wireless EV Charging technology in vehicles
ElectReon wins UN Approval to integrate Wireless EV Charging technology in vehicles ElectReon, a leading provider of in-road electric vehicle charging technology for shared, commercial and passenger vehicles, has obtained ECE R10 certificationโthe United Nations and European Economic Communityโs Ele...
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Procore acquiring Levelset to simplify Lien Management Workflows for Construction
Procore acquiring Levelset to simplify Lien Management Workflows for Construction Procore Technologies, a leading provider of construction management software, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Levelset. This acquisition will add lien rights management to the Procore platform, enabling Pr...
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VolvoCE announces first Electric Machine Pilot results in North America
VolvoCE announces first Electric Machine Pilot results in North America Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced the results of a pilot project testing the ECR25 Electric compact excavator and L25 Electric compact wheel loader in North America. Remarks were provided at a press event in Los...
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Digitalization demands drive Topnet Live GNSS network expansion
Digitalization demands drive Topnet Live GNSS network expansion Topcon Positioning Group announces an expansion of the Topnet Live Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) network of correction solutions to support todayโs work environments. The newly expanded global network now has more types of...
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